John Prescott: Aside from a property, what is the most expensive thing you have bought?

Aside from a property, what is the most expensive thing you have bought?

Originally asked

The Guardian, to a different person each week, The Q&A

The Guardian's weekly The Q&A repeatedly uses this standing prompt, with minor contractions and word-order variation.

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Recorded John Prescott said elsewhere, not written here

Perfume for the wife, and the Jaguars. They were always secondhand. I have had every kind except the E-Type.

The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 28 April 2018 source ↗

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Sandi Toksvig Danish and British broadcaster, comedian and writer

My five-litre Ford Mustang.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 3 March 2018 source ↗

Milton Jones

Three degrees: I paid my kids’ uni fees.

Recorded The Q&A, The Guardian, 26 April 2025 source ↗

Fiona Allen

A sports car. I was in my 20s; I’d fallen out with my boyfriend, so to cheer myself up I got myself a little silver and black Mazda and a matching jumper and jacket. And do you know what, it worked. I saw him do a double take.

Recorded The Q&A, The Guardian, 1 August 2026 source ↗

du Beke English dancer and TV presenter

I don’t know, because I spend like a man with three arms. I am always spending on clothes; I like to have things made.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 7 December 2019 source ↗